Do you think that players like the big 4 would have ever renounced to go to the AO? Can you think about Murray not going? Or Federer/Djokovic/Nadal.

And what about the others?

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Rafa resigned from the ATP Player's Council this year because Federer was a ******, so you'll never have to worry about Rafa boycotting a tournament. Rafa is the only player in the top 10 to have told the Australian Open tournament director that he is playing AO 2013. Because Rafa has no connection with the boycotters.

It was done at 1973 Wimbledon, and it can be done again in the future.

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I disagree wholeheartedly. These guys have too much money on the line via sponsors for the exposure the slams bring to them and too many people to answer to to just simply skip the slams over peanuts. Maybe smaller guys with no real shot to win the tourney and no big sponsors to answer to would skip it, but never any of the top 10 or even top 20 players skip the slams in this day and age to protest.

Rafa resigned from the ATP Player's Council this year because Federer was a ******, so you'll never have to worry about Rafa boycotting a tournament. Rafa is the only player in the top 10 to have told the Australian Open tournament director that he is playing AO 2013. Because Rafa has no connection with the boycotters.

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lol...butthurt Rafa fan crying because Nadal's 2 year ranking system was seen as stupid selfish and very unpopular. Not to mention the fact that Nadal resigned very publically in the middle of a tournament mere hours before Federer had a match to play. He's a noisy cry baby.

Rafa resigned from the ATP Player's Council this year because Federer was a ******, so you'll never have to worry about Rafa boycotting a tournament. Rafa is the only player in the top 10 to have told the Australian Open tournament director that he is playing AO 2013. Because Rafa has no connection with the boycotters.

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Nope he quit because he was merely a side kick and he couldn't tolerate that's and for the others their already in only reason rafa had to say yes was because he had health issues

lol...butthurt Rafa fan crying because Nadal's 2 year ranking system was seen as stupid selfish and very unpopular. Not to mention the fact that Nadal resigned very publically in the middle of a tournament mere hours before Federer had a match to play. He's a noisy cry baby.

Former world no. 3 Nikolay Davydenko has also criticized Roger Federer for the Swiss' stance on player grievances.

“I don’t know why Roger is not supporting the players,” Davydenko said. “Because he don’t want... any problems. He’s nice guy. He’s winning grand slams. He’s from Switzerland. He’s perfect. He don’t want to do anything, he just try to be an outsider from this one.”

“The ATP should try to do something between now and Indian Wells [the popular tournament held in California in the second week of March]. For sure, all the top 100 players will go there and just see what will be changed.”

lol...butthurt Rafa fan crying because Nadal's 2 year ranking system was seen as stupid selfish and very unpopular. Not to mention the fact that Nadal resigned very publically in the middle of a tournament mere hours before Federer had a match to play. He's a noisy cry baby.

don't think so. btw. what happened with Mr. Pilic and other players back in 70's was a completely different thing, if you want to find out just google it.

I deeply agree that lower ranked players should make more money. We have top 4 divas making more money from their endorsements than probably the rest of the tour. Djokovic, Fed, Nadal or Mandy don't even need any prize money. They are beyond rich. Sure, they earned it. no problem there, but there are so many pro guys who can hardly pay for their hotel expenses and their flight tickets. It's all about the distribution thing.

there are articles about this all over the net. just too many lower ranked guys who actually don't hesitate to talk/twit about it. easy to find out if you really follow tennis. kinda sucks. I love tennis and lower ranked guys should be payed more money. like much more. many people don't realize how expensive tennis is.
I'm a tennis nut, not sure why, but when I was a kid, I bagged my dad to enroll me in a local tennis club.I was like so young, saw Borg and fell in love with tennis. He said, anything else but we can't afford tennis, too much money. I was so crushed.

Yeah I agree with that, the prize money for the lower ranked guys is stupidly small considering the travel expenses etc...But having said that the money for winning a grand slam should far eclipse the winnings of someone who only makes the 2nd round of an ATP 250. I imagine it's pretty tough to balance.

Yeah I agree with that, the prize money for the lower ranked guys is stupidly small considering the travel expenses etc...But having said that the money for winning a grand slam should far eclipse the winnings of someone who only makes the 2nd round of an ATP 250. I imagine it's pretty tough to balance.

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for sure, even if we look at challengers and futures it's so sad.

when I talk about big4, it's like imagine some 4 guys having everything in your own country. In any society you have to have mid class guys. it doesn't matter if you are a mechanic, or a salesman or a tennis player. you should be able to do your work and pay your bills.

when I talk about big4, it's like imagine some 4 guys having everything in your own country. In any society you have to have mid class guys. it doesn't matter if you are a mechanic, or a salesman or a tennis player. you should be able to do your work and pay your bills.

not a communist here, but still

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Do you know how much does someone on the challenger tour make on average?

These are the wages of footabllers in the UK. I imagine the 4th tier Football players who no one really cares much about probably make more than alot of guys on even the ATP circuit. Let alone those on the Challenger tour. Pretty said in my opinion.